Armed Forces--Weapons systemsUnited States.SamfundsvidenskabCouncil on Foreign Relations Press97808760934120876093411Nonlethal weaponsNonlethal weapons--United States2017-09-18United StatesPeacekeeping forces, American[Distributed by the Brookings Institution Press]Washington, D.C.2004Integrating nonlethal weapons (NLW) more widely into the U.S. Army and Marine Corps could have reduced damage, saved lives, and helped limit the widespread looting and sabotage that occurred after the cessation of major conflict in Iraq. So argues this report of a Council-sponsored independent Task Force led by Dr. Graham T. Allison, director of the Belfer Center for science and international affairs at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, General Paul X. Kelley, USMC (ret.), former commandant of the Marine Corps, and former military officers, business executives, academics, diplomats, and congressional staff. Incorporating NLW capabilities into the equipment, training, and doctrine of the armed services could substantially improve U.S. effectiveness in conflict, postconflict, and homeland defense. The Task Force report concludes that equipping U.S.-trained and -supported local forces in Afghanistan and Iraq with NLW would help reinforce authority and be more acceptable to local populations than conventionally armed troops.Nonlethal weapons and capabilities : report of an independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations70747970Electronic booksen200470747970KelleyP. X.Paul X.Paul X. Kelley1928New York, NYGarwinRichard L.Richard L. GarwinAllisonGraham T.Graham T. Allison97812810415551281041556Military policyUnited States. ArmyUnited States. Army.nyuNonlethal weapons and capabilities.Print version:Task force report (Council on Foreign Relations)